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Franken Fran Omnibus #3

Franken Fran Omnibus 5-6

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Dr. Frankenstein has met his match in Franken Fran!

Somewhere, out in the sticks of rural Japan, there is a mysterious manor that is home to the greatest surgeon who ever lived. Actually, the surgeon hasn’t been seen for years, but Fran, his reanimated daughter, takes up the family profession in his stead.

Starting with the bolts that protrude from her head, Fran isn’t exactly what you would call a normal girl, nor is the cast of horribly disfigured creatures who join her. Despite her Frankenstein-like ways, Fran cares deeply for her patients and holds steadfastly to the Hippocratic Oath. Her creed is: “All lives must be saved, no matter the cost!,” For Franken Fran, the ends always justify the means, no matter what ungodly creations emerge from her lab.

Join Fran, her twisted sister Veronica, and the rest of her monstrous entourage in a gruesomely hilarious tale that would put Mary Shelley to shame!

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2016

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Katsuhisa Kigitsu

42 books17 followers
Katsuhisa Kigitsu (木々津克久 Kigitsu Katsuhisa) is a manga artist best known for his work on horror-comedy series Franken Fran (フランケン・ふらん Franken-Furan), about a mad scientist who tries to use her skills to do good, to disastrous results.

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7,424 reviews285 followers
March 26, 2025
The stories still play out like silly and gory little body horror morality plays, but the creator is doing a course correction by upping the number of recurring characters. An older sister with bad intentions is introduced to repeatedly vex Fran. The same actor appears in a couple of chapters. Superhero satire expands as a theme as multiple chapters build on a previous one about the vigilante named Sentinel as new men are inspired to take on their own Sentinel identities with ever diminishing results. Unfortunately, the core cast remains pretty static in their personalities and have no discernible character arcs.

There's only one omnibus volume left, so I'm going to complete the series despite my lukewarm feelings toward it.


FOR REFERENCE:

Contents:

Franken Fran, Volume 5
• Episode 31. Amazon
• Episode 32. Justice²
• Episode 33. Dead Zone
• Episode 34. The Kannon
• Episode 35. Robot
• Episode 36. Aura
• Episode 37. Two-Dimensions
• Episode 38. Imaginary Self
• Extra Episode. A Regular Customer
• [Author Episode Commentary]

Franken Fran, Volume 6
• Episode 39. Rolling World
• Episode 40. Buccaneer
• Episode 41. Sea Specter
• Episode 42. Vengeance
• Episode 43. Twenty Four
• Episode 44. Killing Impulse
• Episode 45. Cockroach²
• Episode 46. Antifat Remedy
• Extra Episode. Extermination
• [Author Episode Commentary]
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220 reviews6 followers
January 3, 2024
I love me a good (body) horror comedy series and Frank Fran just hits the spot. This volume is a bit more gory than the previous 2, mainly because of the introduction of a new antagonist. The cockroach chapter is just really out there, it's amazing. Extra points for creativity.
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116 reviews
July 31, 2022
Franken Fran von Katsuhisa Kigitsu ist purer Bodyhorror, Körper werden zerhackt, zerrissen, neu zusammengestellt, ein Kopf wird am Körper einer Katze befestigt und alles mit guten Absichten. Das alles erinnert etwas an Re:Animator oder auch die frühen David Cronenberg Filme. Jedes Kapitel erzählt eine andere Geschichte und bauen selten aufeinander auf, wir bekommen Liebe, Rache, Verbrechen hier wird sehr viel Abwechslung geboten, wie es sich für eine Anthologie Serie gehört.

Die Zeichnungen sind sehr gut, auch die Blutigen Gore Szenen und davon gibt es einige sehen wirklich großartig aus. Die Monster Designs sind Abwechslungsreich und sehr gut gelungen und Fran ist trotz ihrer Narben und Bolzen im Kopf sehr Niedlich.

Die Hauptfiguren bekommen leider sehr wenig Hintergrund Story, auch wenn einige davon wirklich gut sind, bei den Nebenfiguren, ist alles Bund gemischt, von Idioten und Verrückten bis zu Netten und liebenswerten Figuren bekommen wir einiges geboten. Fran selbst ist ein toller Charakter, sie ist Liebenswert, verrückt und ihre Experimente, macht sie nicht, weil sie Böse ist, nein sie will nur Helfen.

Franken Fran ist makaber, blutig und auch komisch, und welche Kreaturen sie erschafft ist wirklich einfallsreich und genial, dazu schaut aber selbst in die Bücher rein. Wer Dr. Herbert West mag wird Fran Lieben. Von mir ☆☆☆☆☆


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Hauptcharakter dieser Horror-Komödie ist Fran, eine aus Haut- und Körperteilen zusammengenähte Schönheit. Ihre Fähigkeiten in anatomischer Rekonstruktion mithilfe von diversen Techniken sind enorm und ab und an recht komisch und zum Teil auch gruselig. Diese Fähigkeiten erlernte sie von ihrem Vater/ Schöpfer, dem weltbesten Chirurgen Dr. Naomitsu Madaraki. Während seiner Abwesenheit hat sie seine Arbeit und sein Zuhause übernommen und führt dessen Arbeit weiterhin fort.
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1,030 reviews4 followers
April 13, 2024
I always have a good time reading this series. The stories are episodic, so it's easy to pick up and put down at my leisure. Some stories are better than others, but I really like the variety of gross out horror. There's also some good social commentary on society that the creator does a good job of displaying.
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79 reviews2 followers
January 29, 2017
This omnibus volume brings back the gruesome, and queasy moments from the first omnibus which attracted me to the series in the first place. There are even a few chapters that resemble a cohesive story rather than something that is just episodic.
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